Researching Marcel Hug
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13 people with the Hug surname? In that year Hug was ranked number 3566 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Marcel means "Form of MARC. Warlike" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Marcel Hug on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Marcel Hug and the Hug Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hug Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Hug family tree.
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Hug Forums
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Marcel Hug. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Marcel Hug
Marcel Eric Hug (born 16 January 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two bronze medals in his first Games in Athens in 2004. In 2010 he set four world records in four days, and at the 2011 World Championships he won a gold in the 10,000 metres and four silver medals, losing the gold in three events to long term rival David Weir. This rivalry continued into the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where Hug won two silvers, in the 800m and the marathon. In the 2013 World Championships Hug dominated the field, winning five golds and a silver. During the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Hug was one of the most consistent competitors in the T54 class, winning two golds, in the 800 m and marathon, and two silvers medals, in the 1500m and 5000m.
As well as numerous World and European track medals, Hug is also a world class marathon athlete, winning the men's elite wheelchair event at the Berlin, (2011, 2012, 2021), New York City (2013, 2016, 2017, 2021), London (2014, 2016), Chicago (2016), and Boston Marathons (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021).
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